Written question asked by Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 16 December 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 15 January 2003. It was answered by Patricia Hewitt (Labour) on Wednesday, 15 January 2003 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many Statutory Instruments subject to negative procedure made by her Department (a) came into force and (b) were considered by a delegated legislation committee in each of the last three sessions. - Including table.

Answer: Mrs. Calton: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many Statutory Instruments subject to negative procedure made by her Department (a) came into force and (b) were considered by a delegated legislation committee in each of the last three sessions. [88036] Ms Hewitt: The information is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of SIs Session (a) subject to negative procedure, coming (b) considered by a designated legislation into force committee 1999-2000 173 3 2000-01 49 1 2001-02 109 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: All SIs were considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments. However those in column (b) were also considered by a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 88036; 397 c653W;397 c650-1W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Delegated legislation Department of Trade and Industry Government departments Parliamentary procedure Standing committees Statutory instruments
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk